SERVICES

ZAMOSC runs workshops for youth groups in Bangladesh who cannot afford to attend commercial English courses or do not have access to other English courses.

In these workshops, ZAMOSC trainers use ZAMOSC tools and techniques to motivate the youths to learn English and computing, which they can use to learn on their own even after the workshop.

ZAMOSC trainees can communicate with their trainers via email and SKYPE to get advice and receive extra training materials or ZAMOSC training tools as they are developed.

ZAMOSC receives old laptop computers from friends and well wishers in Australia and Bangladesh and old desktop computers from Bangladesh for distribution to deserving youths in Bangladesh. ZAMOSC principals, Amin and Zobeda and some of their friends have carried the laptop computers from Australia to Bangladesh. This has been a great help. Some of these computers need fixing, which are done free of cost by a computer company called Star Tech Computers located in Multiplan Plaza in Elephant Road Dhaka, Dhaka. Until December 2012 ZAMOSC has distributed the following:

(a) Two laptop computers to two youths in Dhaka, currently working.

(b) Two laptop computers to two students in Janata Jute Mills Bidyapith, Ghorashal, Bangladesh

(d) One laptop computer to a student in Netrokona High School, Netrokona, Bangladesh.

(e) One desktop computer to a family in Shegun Bagicha, with three school/college going children. The family finds it very hard to make both ends meet.

(f) One desktop computer to an electrical maintenance shop, Mitali in Shegun Bagicha, where teenagers, not wanting to study, are given refuge to work as trainees/apprentices.

(g) Two laptops to a youth library called Dreamers' Library, in a remote village i in Sanrisngdhi district called Raban, for use by its 800 members

(h) One laptop to a brilliant medical student in Mitford Medical University at the request of Governor of Rotary Club District 1 in Dhaka. His father works as a hair cutter in a village in Bangladesh

(i) One laptop to a youth group in Dhaka called Nirokkhor Mukto which is involoved in removing adult litereacy

(j) One laptop to a son of a driver who is a brilliant student and got admission in Dhaka University, the oldest and premier institution of Bangladesh

(k) One laptop to a houseboy working in an apartment building in Shegun Bagicha who is studying for his high school examinations

(l) One laptop as a graphics technician working in a print shop in Purana Paltan who cannot afford a computer to work at home to learn and practise using different graphics packages

(j) One notebook to a technician working in an electrical shop who is interested in computer graphics

(k) One notebook to a youth who had stopped studying at the age of 11 and has gone back to weekend “open school”

(l) One laptop to a youth who had given up studying after completing year 10 (SSC) exams and has gone back to Open school to complete his High School.

(m) One laptop to a youth who works as a day labourer and showed keen interest in learning English and the use of computers.

(n) One laptop computer to a student of Commerce studying for Bachelor in Commerce at the Mymensingh Commerce College

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ZAMOSC has been given access to the Bangladesh governement's Teachers' Portal which is currently accessed by about 50000 school teachers in Bangladesh. Members upoad and share their audio visual teaching materials they develop with each other for use in Smart Class rooms introduced by the government thorugh their Access to Information (A2I) project. ZAMOSC has uploaded the following on this site:

(1) all the 14 lessons in teaching English Pronunciation to Bengalis (also available on CD ),

(2) audio recording of the reading by me of all the 73 lessons from the 14 Units of the NCTB English text book,English for Today (EFT) for Classes IX and X. These are also available on CD which I had distributed free to about 1500 teachers with the help of different organisations like NAEM, BRAC, BELTA, VAB, VUBON RADIO and the ULAB business club

(3) Error Lists of the NCTB English text books (EFT) for (a) Classes IX and X and (b) Classes. Mushfiqur Rahman of Gjorashal, cousin of Najmu (your beya) cross checked my work

(4) Recording of the conversations between people in different situations (with the help of my friends and their wives in Melbourne) from the NCTB text book EFT for Class VI

(5) some simple tips on how to improve one's English Listening and English Speaking skills easily and quickly in a fun way.

Results

Boys and girls of Janata Jute Mills have learned six inspirational English songs. Here is one.
Two trainees can now speak English fluently.
Two trainees can now touch type at 35 words/minute.
One trainee who studied in a Madrasah upto class V, barely knew the English alphabet, learned to read by using ZAMOSC tolols. He is now in Italy.
One current trainee, who studied up to grade V, 12 years ago, is progressing very well in reading, using self learning tools.

Strategy

Planning

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